Age-friendly London

Jennette Arnold: Please provide an update on your work following London’s signing up to the World Health Organisation’s Age-friendly cities framework.

The Mayor: I am proud that London is now a part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) age-friendly cities network.
In May 2019, Deputy Mayor Debbie Weekes-Bernard welcomed Older Londoners into City Hall for a conference exploring their priorities for making London an age-friendly city.
We are hosting stakeholder workshops to develop the GLA group’s contribution to an action plan focused on the WHO ‘domains’ of age-friendliness. These cover issues such as employment, transport, the built environment and tackling social isolation.
We are being supported by Age UK London, and advisers from my Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory group and will report on progress in February with the intention to publish a city-wide action plan by the end of next year.